An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — We all knew that a proposed budget that leaned heavily on the state’s Rainy Day Fund wasn’t going to pass muster with Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, and we should be getting word any day now of his veto on that fatally flawed $4[Read More…]
Month: June 2016
The Associated Press shares 10 things to know Wednesday, June 8
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘THANKS TO YOU WE’VE REACHED A MILESTONE’ Hillary Clinton claims victory in the[Read More…]
This Week in West Virginia History
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. June 15, 1880: Musician Blind Alfred Reed was born in Floyd County, Virginia, though he spent most of his life in West Virginia. He[Read More…]
Shale Insight 2016 energized with regional oil & gas partnership
MSC, OOGA, WVONGA partnership advances stronger industry voice, collaboration CHARLESTON, W.VA. — The sixth annual Shale Insight Conference — set for Sept. 21-22 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh — will represent a joint-hosting partnership of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, Ohio Oil and Gas Association and West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association Noting that[Read More…]
House of Delegates pass budget agreement
From the W.Va. House of Delegates: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The House of Delegates on Thursday voted 60-37 to pass a compromise budget with the Senate, House Bill 101<http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=101&year=2016&sessiontype=1X>, with leaders urging Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to approve the bill in order to avert a government shutdown on July 1. “We[Read More…]
Oil, gas production down in WV, up in Ohio
WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia’s oil and natural gas production dropped from March 2015 to March of this year at the same time production expanded in Ohio, U.S. Energy Information Administration numbers indicate. West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association Executive Director Corky DeMarco does not seem too concerned, however.[Read More…]
Supreme Court reverses Circuit Court’s ambulance authority decisions
By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner MOOREFIELD, W.Va. — The final chapter of a three-year court battle regarding emergency ambulance service in Hardy County has been written. West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Menis Ketchum wrote the opinion reversing the 22nd Circuit Court’s decision to void the Hardy County Emergency Ambulance[Read More…]
Beckley mayor-elect’s goal is cool college town
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Mayor-elect Rob Rappold’s ultimate goal is to turn Beckley into a cool college town, a destination for the arts, dining and culture in southern West Virginia. In order to make that happen, Rappold will focus, starting when he takes office July 1, on three important facets —[Read More…]
Ali’s greatest victories came outside the ropes
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — “My enemy is the white people, not Vietcongs or Chinese or Japanese. You my opposer when I want freedom. You my opposer when I want justice. You my opposer when I want equality. You won’t even stand up for me in America for[Read More…]
WV school funding woes increase
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Seemingly unable to come to agreement on a state budget based on what they thought they knew, West Virginia legislators may be facing a new fiscal headache. They should have seen it coming. Having called lawmakers into a special session May[Read More…]
